Thirds to albert nusser and frank baingo



(No Model.)

' A. HEOK'. TWINE HOLDER AND CUTTER.

No. 554,688. I Patented Feb. 18, 1896.

. Inventor. y M

, Attorney.

AunRrw s GFEMIaM "HOTG-LFYHQWASHINGTDK 5r UNTTE STATES AUGUST HECK, OF- PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF TVVO- THIRDS TO ALBERT NUSSER AND FRANK BAINGO, OF SAME PLACE.

TWINE HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,688, dated February 18, 1896.

Applicationfiled June 25, 1895. Serial N 553,966. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUST IIEOK, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usef ul Improvements in Twine Holders and Outtors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification. I

The object of this invention is to provide a twine holder and cutter whereby the free end of the twine maybe readily grasped and drawn from the confined ball, and whereby the pre- 1 5 determined length thus drawn may be severed with ease and facility, a projecting end being thereupon presented for a succeeding operation.

Vith this object in view the invention, as

generally stated, comprehends a suitable casing or holder, a reciprocating twine clamping and releasing device therein, and a cutter working in the path of the latter, together with means for relatively operating said de- 2 5 vice and cutter.

The invention also comprises novel features of construction and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter pointed out.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the improved twine holder and cutter. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line ca 00 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, part of the holder being broken away to expose parts otherwise concealed. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the plunger depressed and the relative positions of the parts controlled thereby.

A designates a holder of appropriate shape and size for its intended purpose. In the present instance the holder comprises a base or body portion a, in which theball of twine is contained, and a centrally-perforated dome or capa, in which is supported the twine feeding and cutting mechanism. Fitted to a suit- 5 ably-disposed boss or guideway a in the cap is a vertically-reciprocative plunger 13, the lower end of which is preferably guided in an interior bracket 1) on the cap. On the upper end of the plunger is a head 1), between which and the boss is interposed a spring b that encircles the plunger and maintains it normally raised. To the lower end of the plunger is aflixed a radially-extendin g arm 17 on the free end of which is secured a tube 19 of peculiar construction. The arm b is preferably, though not essentially, of the angular form shown, so as to secure the requisite range of vertical movement without interference from the underlying ball of twine. The lower end of the tube 11 extends through the arm and its upper end projects normally through the central orifice in the dome, such upper end being split longitudinally and compressed to form yielding clamping-jaws 13 The free end of the twine is passed from the ball through the tube, the jaws of the latter grasping and holding the end in such a manner that while the twine may be readily seized and drawn outward when the tube is in the raised or normal position, yet when the plum 7o ger is depressed the tube retreats into the dome and carries the clamped end therewith. The tube is preferably guided in a cross-bar Z), which is afiixed to the sides of the dome. \Vithin this dome, in proximity to the central 7 5 orifice, is a cutter C which is constructed and arranged to be actuated to sever the twine at a point above the clamping-jaws when the tube has been depressed, the portion of the twine between the cutter and the tube thus presenting, when the tube has resumed its raised or normal position, a projecting end that may be readily grasped and drawn outward preparatory to a succeeding cutting operation. In the present instance the cutter comprises a pair of scissors, one blade, 0, of which is fixed adjacent to the path traversed 'by the tube, while the other blade, 0, is movable across such path. On the operating-arm of the blade is a pin 0 which engages the slot- 0 ted arm of a bell-crank leverp fulcrumed to a hanger in the dome, the other arm of the lever being correspondingly slotted and en gaged with a pin a on the plunger. By this construction when the plunger is depressed the lever c is actuated to close the movable blade of the scissors and thus sever the interposed cone, the movement of the blade being timed to effect this action when the tube has passed a predetermined distance below the same, as and for the purpose stated.

I claim 1. The combination, with a suitable casing or holder, of a reciprocating twine clamping and releasing device therein, a cutter working in the path of "the latter and means for relatively operating said device and cutter, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a suitable casing or holder, of a reciprocating twine-guide pro- 'vided with clampingjaws on one end thereof, a plunger connected With said guide, a cutter Working in the path of the guide, and an operative connection between said plunger and cutter, substantially as described.

3. The combination, With a suitable casing or holder, of a reciprocative tube provided with clamping-jaws 011 one side thereof, a spring-controlled plunger, an arm connecting said plunger with the tube, a cutter Working in the path of said tube, and a bell-crank lever operatively connected with said cutter and plunger, substantially as described.

4. The combination, With a receptacle provided with a centrally-perforated cap or dome, of a reciprocative clamping-tube adapted to be projected through the said cap or dome, a vertically reciprocative springcontrolled plunger, an arm connecting it with said tube, a pair of scissors arranged Within said cap or dome in proximity to the central orifice, one blade being fixed and the other movable, and a bell-crank lever having pin-and-slot connections with the movable blade and with the plunger, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature this 6th day of June, A. I). 1895.

AUGUST llEOK.

\Vitnesses:

J OHN R. NOLAN, II. T. FENToN. 

